THE BENEFITS OF WORKING OUT

If you’ve been following my blog this past few weeks you know I posted a Health Goals entry a couple of weeks ago, one of those goals was to work out on a steady way, now, I’ve always considered myself an active person, my mom always encouraged me and my brother to practice a sport of any kind, as long as we did something, so that has stuck with me and followed me to my adult life, which is something I’m proud of, but the past 8 months or so I stopped my steady routine of running and boxing, since then I lost a lot of weight in a short couple of months, so the doctor suggested I didn’t keep boxing as it was too harsh on my body and it would be a mess considering my weight (117 pounds and a 5’6″ height) he suggested I tried something smoother, like maybe jogging (but not running) or some yoga, now, I’m not someone cut for exercise like yoga, I like feeling like I am doing something, I like to break a good sweat and move around and stuff, but the doctor was probably right and my choices of boxing or cross-fit were a tad too much, so two months ago I decided I’d try pole-fitness.

I was in love with it from my first lesson, it’s such a challenging sport, and that makes it perfect cause it never gets boring, I’m always so excited before my class just thinking about all the new things I’ll try. What I also like is that it isn’t as intense as a cross-fit session, but I still break a good sweat.

Now, the reason for this post, is to tell you about the changes I’ve noticed in my two months working out, I know it is a slow process but so far I feel my breathing is better (that’s also thanks to the fact that I quit smoking), I feel my arms are getting stronger, and my thighs and butt are tighter, I feel my calves getting a bit bigger as well, now my main goal for doing pole-fitness is I want to get strong, not skinny, so, there you go I think I’ll get there in time. Another thing I’ve noticed is I sleep better, I’m in a better mood, and I am hungrier, which has helped me gain weight, and that’s just amazing.

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Daniela Soriano has a Fashion and Textile Design degree from UAA, she graduated in 2014 and has worked as a Childrenswear designer, since March 2016 she created this blog to fulfill that need to create fashion and lifestyle related content, she’s previously been a collaborator for SONY’s Kalixta platform, as well as some other blogs, but it is with JUST LIKE HEAVEN that she’s decided to make it a full time job and take it to the next level.